Development Of The Nazi Party 1923-1929

Question 1

What happened on the 8/9 November 1923

Answer 1

Munich Putsch:
- Failed Nazi Putsch
-Led to Hitler being sentenced to 5 years at Landsberg Prison
-Made Hitler a national figure
-Many won over by his oratory and argument that he revolted against weak Weimar govt
-Many RW groups supported
-Lenient sentence suggested judges sympathised with his aims

Question 2

What important thing happened in Landsberg Prison 1924

Answer 2

-Mein Kampf written
-DECIDED TO CHANGE STRATEGY AND GAIN POWER BY STANDING IN ELECTIONS

Question 3

December 1924

Answer 3

-Hitler left prison
-many challenges as party membership was falling and Nazis were divided

Question 4

February 1925

Answer 4

-Hitler refounded the party
-Wrote an article in the Nazi paper Volkischer Beobachter entitled “a new beginning”
-His ideas included establishing his leadership of the party ‘Fuhrer principle” and using constitutional tactics to gain control of the government

Question 5

February 1926

Answer 5

-special party conference held at Bamberg where differences between Hitler and Strasser emerged.
-Strasser-effective leader of party in N Germany-LW beliefs
-Hitler-S Germany-RW beliefs

-Hitler defeated Strasser but LW beliefs remained in 25 point programme

Question 6

GAUE 1927

Answer 6

-Strasser reorganised party into 35 regions which covered all of Germany
-Each Gaue led by a gauleiter
-Goebbels became Berlin Gauleiter
-Goebbels created second newspaper Der Angriff to spread nazism
-appointed chief propaganda in 1930

Question 7

How did the Nazis increase membership between 1925-1928

Answer 7

-set up organisations for different groups of Germans eg Nazi Teachers Association, Union of Nazi Lawyers, SS

Question 8

1928 Reichstag elections

Answer 8

-only won 12 seats (economic stability=support for traditional democratic parties)
-1928 gained support from rural areas in N Germany
-1929 land elections- Germans facing economic difficulties (FARMERS) ready to vote Nazis

Question 9

The Young Plan and National Opposition 1929

Answer 9

-RW groups outraged Germany still had to pay reparations
-National committee created by Alfred Hugenburg to oppose plan (national opposition)
-Nazi membership grew with work to get rid of plan
-Rally’s at Nuremberg gained attention for Hitler and he became ally of Hugenberg (greatest media tycoon)
-Therefore Nazi rally’s and speeches now shown in cinemas

Question 10

Wall St Crash and Great Depression October 1929

Answer 10

Nazi party in position to take advantage of hardships ordinary Germans now faced.